A shortfin mako shark, the fastest-swimming shark in the world, was caught on camera with an octopus catching a ride on its ...

Somehow, a large orange octopus has been riding a mako shark off the coast of New Zealand. Researchers are mystified.

The octopus in question was no lightweight. It was a Māori octopus, the largest octopus species in the Southern Hemisphere.

A young mako lies gutted on the dock of Star Island Marina in Montauk, New York, site of an annual shark-fishing tournament. More than 60 tournaments, targeting shortfin makos, threshers ...

However, shortfin mako sharks occur more frequently and ... This tactic is called breaching. The mako shark can jump more ...

Scientists were amazed to spot a Maori octopus hitchhiking on the back of a speedy shortfin mako shark, an unusual sight captured in New Zealand’s Hauraki Gulf. It’s not every day you see an ...

According to The New York Times, marine ecologist Rochelle Constantine and her colleagues were on a research trip along the northern coast of New Zealand when they noticed a shortfin mako shark in ...

That was the case when a team from the University of Auckland in New Zealand noticed a 10-foot-long shortfin mako shark adorned with an unexpected passenger. “What was that orange patch on its head?

They are the largest octopus in the Southern Hemisphere. Even riding a huge predator like the shark, a shortfin mako, this hitchhiker occupied a lot of room. “You can see it takes a fair amount ...

WASHINGTON— The highly imperiled shortfin mako shark was denied federal protection today by NOAA Fisheries, which stated that a listing under the federal Endangered Species Act is “not warranted.” In ...

Researchers captured a video showing the orange-hued octopus clinging to the back of a large shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) as it swims. This "sharktopus" was spotted in the Hauraki Gulf ...